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Morton Subotnick's Creating Music

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site is an effective and fun way to help children understand music better. There are several online interactive games to play to better understand rhythm, pitch, scales and much more.
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Rhythms of Puerto Rico Plena

For Students 9th - 10th
Study the rhythms of Puerto Rico through the musical form of the plena. Included are explanations of the different types of drums used in the plena. Audio examples and a pdf document of sheet music demonstrating the plena can also be...
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Hazrat Inayat Khan: The Law of Rhythm

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of Hazrat Inayat Khan with a long excerpt from his book "The Music of Life," where Khan discusses the mechanism and machinery of the world, which keeps going "by the law of rhythm."
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Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Georgia Music Hall of Fame

For Students 9th - 10th
Georgia has many musical artists that influenced American music. Read about those that have been inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame or listen to interviews from some of those musical legends.
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Musipedia: The Open Music Encyclopedia

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you trying to identify a song but can't remember the name of it or who wrote it? Musipedia is a music search engine that allows you to find a song by entering notes on a keyboard, tapping the rhythm or even singing into your computer.
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Toby Rush

Music Theory: Rhythm [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A music theory worksheet regarding rhythm and its relationship to note/rest length. Requires Adobe Reader [PDF].
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Phil Tulga

Phil Tulga: Counting Music: How Music Is Counted and Measured

For Students 3rd - 8th
This fun interactive counting activity is great for students to create their own rhythms. Students can use 4/4, 3/4 or 2/4 meters to input and listen to their own rhythms instantly.
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New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Musical Instruments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An interactive and printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Musical Instruments.
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Music Concepts Online: Notation: Basic Rhythm and Pitch

For Students 9th - 10th
This site looks at rhythm, terms and concepts, which include rhythm, score, note (parts of and kinds), rests, tie. Great information.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Virtual Rhythm Blocks

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Virtual rhythm blocks represent various rhythms visually. Blocks can be moved and arranged to compose rhythms in various time signatures. Blocks contain Gordon rhythm solfege (du, du-de)
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University of California

Ucla: Popular American Music

For Students 9th - 10th
See images and find out about the original sheet music from the early 1900's. Famous songs such as "Dapper Dan", "Down the River", and more. You can search for music by title or author.
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Indiana University

Rhythm and Meter in Tonal Music: Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
The glossary of terms is extensive from accent, to accent metrique, accent of climax, accent of discontinuity, accent of image shift, accent pathetique, accent rhythmique, and accent structure.
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PBS

Classics for Kids: This Week

For Students 3rd - 8th
This website is sponsored by a classical radio station in the Midwest. The site contains audio files and text files of past shows, games, a handful of lesson plans, and lots of energy. You can find information on many composers by...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Song Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This instructional activity engages students in writing lyrics to songs. Students will use free musical software to aid students as they put their lyrics to a tune and tempo.
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A to Z Teacher Stuff

Lesson Plan z.com: Music

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
LessonPlanZ.com, a searchable online database of lesson plans, and provides a listing of music-related lesson plans.
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Black Past

Black Past: Cooke, Sam (1931 1964)

For Students 9th - 10th
Sam Cooke's influence on music, as the pioneer in cross-over from gospel to rhythm and blues, is described in this encyclopedia entry. His music was important to the African-American identity in the Civil Rights movement.
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Guitar Land: Music 10: Note Values and Rhythms

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the value of notes. Includes many examples of rhythms and tempos.
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Stax Museum of American Soul Music

For Students 9th - 10th
The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is all about Stax Records, and features a timeline and lists of hit singles.
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Gotta Dance: History of Latin Cha Cha Music

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of the development of Latin Cha Cha music. Includes an explanation of the rhythm, the steps, and of course, the history of Cha Cha.
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The Lost Sessions Musical Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
A personal site providing little-known information and tidbits about famous soul music artists.
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Learn About the Musical Style of La Solea

For Students 9th - 10th
Solea, a musical style that is a fundamental element of flamenco, is discussed at this site. Included are styles stemming from solea, singers and example charts of solea rhythms.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Cross Country Rhythms (A Lesson on American Identity)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the relationship and discuss the connection between music, history, and culture by finding songs that personify American places and historical events.
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Frontiers Media

Frontier: So You Think You Can't Dance?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Believe it or not, even babies can feel the beat of a rhythm. However, science has documented the first case of a person who could not dance to the beat. His name is Mathieu, and he is an intelligent, talented - even musical - guy with...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: The Sound of Numbers [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this activity, students will explore numbers and their relationships through rhythm and learn how every aspect of music can be described mathematically.

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